diff --git a/cluster/external-secrets-appset.yaml b/cluster/external-secrets-appset.yaml
index 57a07d3..911c105 100644
--- a/cluster/external-secrets-appset.yaml
+++ b/cluster/external-secrets-appset.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       name: '{{.name}}-external-secrets'
+      annotations:
+        argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "1"
     spec:
       project: default
       source: